Minister Engola urges refugees to return home as aid dwindles

Minister Engola urges refugees to return home as aid dwindles

According to him, Uganda is hosting more than two million refugees, yet it is operating at less than 50 percent .

Uganda urges refugees to consider voluntary return as funding declines

Uganda’s Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Sam Engola, has urged refugees to consider voluntary return to their countries of origin as humanitarian funding continues to decline. In just the past year, the overall refugee population in Uganda has more than doubled – from 500,000 to more than 1.25 million –with majority of them […]

Govt urges refugees to return home as humanitarian support declines

KAMPALA: The Government through the Office of the Prime (OPM) has urged refugees to return to their countries as humanitarian funding declines.   Speaking at the opening of the Japan-OPM regional knowledge- sharing workshop on refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Kampala on Thursday, Samuel Engola, Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees said Uganda is operating at less than 50% of the required budget, yet the number of r…